Four mixed martial artists will fight to win $100,000 in the Bellator middleweight and featherweight tournament finales of season three at Bellator 23 on June 23 at Fourth Street Live in Louisville, Ky.
Aside from the prize money the winners will also get a shot at the reigning Bellator champions in the respective weight division. Bryan "The Beast" Baker and Alexander "Storm" Shlemenko will battle it out for a shot at current Bellator Middleweight Champion Hector Lombard while Joe Warren will take on Patricio "Pitbull" Freire for a chance to challenge Bellator Featherweight Champion Joe "The Hammer" Soto.
The MMA promotion, Bellator Fighting Championships, has also added two non-tournament bouts to the televised main card: Nick "Garfield" Mamalis vs. Albert Rios and a women's MMA fight between Zoila Frausto and Rosi Sexton. Frausto's sister Stephanie was submitted by Lisa Ward at Bellator 22 last week.
The undercard will feature ten local fighters in five 3-round bouts that may be televised if time permits. The main card will air live on Fox Sports Net at 8 p.m. or via tape delay at 11 p.m. (check your local FSN schedule here!).
Complete Bellator 23 fight card:
Main Card:
- Bryan Baker (13-1) vs. Alexander Shlemenko (29-4)--Middleweight Tournament Finale
- Joe Warren (4-1) vs. Patricio "Pitbull" Freire (14-0)--Flyweight Tournament Finale
- Nick Mamalis (9-4) vs. Albert Rios (12-4)
- Rosi Sexton (10-1) vs. Zoila Frausto (6-1)
Undercard:
- John Troyer (10-4) vs. Brent Weedman (14-5) - 170 lbs.
- Daniel Straus (10-2) vs. Chad Hinton(6-1) - 155 lbs.
- Dave Overfield (6-1) vs. Kurt Kinser (2-0)
- Mike Fleniken (2-1) vs. Stoney Hale (3-1)
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